DATE
EVENT
1881
Assassination of Tsar Alexander II in Russia triggered renewed waves of persecution against Jews
1887
Federation of Synagogues founded in east London
1893
The Jews' Free School was the largest school in the world with over 3000 pupils
1905
Passing of the Aliens Act aimed at restricting Jewish immigration
1920
Bloom's restaurant, a favourite for over 70 years, opened at 58 Brick Lane London
1936
300,000 Jewish demonstrators faced down fascists at th Battle of Cable Street, east London
1938-39
10,000 unaccompanied children refugees arrived from Nazi Germany, Austria and Czechoslovakia
1939-45
World War II - Jews contributed to the war effort at home and in the armed forces, for example as land girls